Cancer Rehabilitation · Ponsonby
Get back to the things you love after cancer
Cancer treatment takes an enormous amount out of you, the strength, the energy, the confidence in your own body. Rehabilitation helps you get it back. We tailor everything to where you are in your journey, working alongside your medical team, so you can return to the activities, work and people that matter to you.
Sweet Louise
Approved provider for members with breast cancer
17+ years
Care led by an experienced physiotherapist
Your pace
Gently dosed, started where you are today
Movement that gives energy back
It can feel counterintuitive when you are exhausted, but the right kind of movement, carefully dosed, is one of the most powerful things for recovering energy and strength after treatment. We start where you are and build gently, never pushing you past what your body is ready for.
Alongside your treatment, at your pace
Whether you are mid-treatment or working your way back afterwards, we coordinate with your wider care and adjust as you go. The goal is simple: helping you live your life fully, with the adventures, work and small daily pleasures you used to take for granted.
An individualised, structured programme
An individualised programme of structured physiotherapy, designed specifically for people recovering from cancer treatment: a staged approach to rebuilding strength, function and confidence.
Led by an experienced physiotherapist
Your cancer rehabilitation is led by Zee Sharif, our Lead Physiotherapist. Zee has more than seventeen years in physiotherapy and deep experience in cancer rehabilitation alongside pelvic health and pregnancy care, so you are in genuinely experienced hands and your programme is built around where you are.
A Sweet Louise provider
Return To Form is a Sweet Louise provider, supporting members living with incurable breast cancer. We assess, treat and help you keep doing the things that matter, on your terms.
What your one-on-one physiotherapy can include
How we help
Scar management
Hands-on work to keep surgical and radiation scars soft, mobile and comfortable.
Lymphoedema treatment
Assessment and management of swelling, so it does not limit your movement or comfort.
Lymphatic drainage massage
Gentle, targeted massage to ease swelling and help your body clear fluid.
Pain and fatigue management
Practical strategies and treatment to settle pain and rebuild energy after treatment.
Exercise prescription
A safe, progressive plan built for your stage, your goals and how you feel that week.
Physical and functional assessments
A clear picture of where your strength, movement and function are, and what to work on.
Pilates and cardio
Controlled, guided movement to rebuild core strength and cardiovascular fitness.
Resistance training
Progressive strength work to recover the muscle and capacity treatment takes away.
Your team
You're in good hands
Our clinic is multi-disciplinary: physiotherapists, acupuncturists, massage therapists and Pilates instructors working together. That means we can find the right combination for your body, not just the one thing we happen to do.
We've been treating Ponsonby for 16 years. ACC and Southern Cross registered. No referral needed.
Have a question?
Send us a message
Tell us what's going on and we'll come back to you within one business day.
Book your appointment
We'll assess what's going on and agree a plan to get you back to top form.
Visit us
Our Ponsonby clinic
Return To Form Physio
179A Ponsonby Road
Ponsonby, Auckland 1011
Entry on Franklin Road
ACC registered · Multi-disciplinary team · Treating Auckland for over a decade